I am a German and European Patent Attorney and European Trademark and Design Attorney with extensive expertise in patent law and patent infringement. For many years, I have been handling patent prosecution, from the filing of new patent applications to the conduct of examination proceedings and granting before the DPMA, the EPO and its Boards of Appeal, the WIPO, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. In in the field of infringement, my activities include providing advice and expert opinions on patent infringement issues, as well as participating in patent infringement proceedings.Another area in which I have many years of experience is design law, especially design protection rights, where I focus on needs-based new design applications and global design application strategies for internationally active clients. My great level of expertise is also reflected in the high number of design applications activity filed with the DPMA, the EUIPO and the WIPO, which I handle until registration.Since 2001, I have been a partner at the Munich-based law firm Grünecker. For many years, I have organised the working groups of patent attorney candidates for Bavaria for the Chamber of Patent Attorneys and I am still active as head of training courses. Also, I am a member of FICIPI and GRUR.